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Jeremy Corbyn was openly attacked by his own MPs on Monday night during a meeting at which Sadiq Khan, the new Mayor of London, told the Labour leader he must stop missing "open goals".

Mr Corbyn faced furious criticism after he warned MPs not to "parade" on TV and radio to give "a running commentary" about the party, while Mr Khan piled on the pressure by adding Labour must show it is a "credible Government-in-waiting".

During the private meeting Jess Philips told Mr Corbyn: "I thought socialism was about 'we' but it's all been about you - and that's not a good thing."

Sadiq Khan said Labour must show it is a "credible Government-in-waiting"Credit:
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His aides said the event, open only to Labour MPs, had been "good natured" but admitted that questions to the leader were mixed.

During the meeting, described by one shadow cabinet member as "the worst one yet", Mr Khan gave a speech warning Labour must do more to appeal to voters from other parties.

It came after he met with Mr Corbyn for the first time since his election to discuss transport, housing and the environment and follows questions about why the Labour leader did not attend his swearing-in ceremony at the weekend.

Michael Dugher has been critical of the leadershipCredit:
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The new Mayor of London won a minute-long standing ovation from the party for his victory, as he made clear that Labour cannot win in 2020 unless it offers a broader approach.

In what was seen as a coded criticism of Mr Corbyn, who last week launched an election poster calling on voters to take sides, he said Labour will lose if it takes an "us and them approach".

Mr Khan said: "We cannot afford to miss any open goals ...Labour has a responsibility to hold the Government to account for its failures and show we are a credible government-in-waiting. We are not there yet, but I know with the right approach, Labour can still win in 2020.

However Mr Corbyn appeared to heap much of the blame on his opponents, who he said are "parading on the media" criticising his leadership.

He said: "Let’s be clear. The results were mixed. We are not yet doing enough to win in 2020.

"This is only the first stage in our task of building a winning electoral majority, attracting voters from all the other parties and mobilising those who have been turned off politics altogether – as we did last week in Bristol and London."

He added that while he doesn't "expect, or even want, blind loyalty", MPs must respect each other.

Ms Flint was reported to have been upset that the shadow chancellor and close ally of Mr Corbyn chose to demand a public apology after she misquoted him over the weekend.

Earlier in the day Michael Dugher, the former shadow culture secretary, told the BBC's Daily Politics show: "In the immediate days after that set of elections I think we need to learn form them including the places where we did well and the places where we hung on and went backwards.

"The idea at the moment that were on a trajectory to winning a general election would be in defiance of all history and we've just got to be honest about that."